Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am going to be brief because I just think it is so critical to respond to the comments my colleague has made. The first argument was that, on this side of the aisle, people really aren't interested in election security. The fact is, what Senator Klobuchar and I and those on our side of the aisle have been interested in are the three priorities that independent cyber security experts agree are essential to protecting our elections: paper ballots, audits, and cyber security standards. So that ought to dispose of this issue that somehow on this side of the aisle, people really aren't interested in election security. Second, I want it understood that over here, we have been interested in working in a bipartisan way. But our ranking member, Senator Klobuchar, on the Rules Committee said that at one point there was a markup scheduled on these issues, and, essentially, the leadership on the other side of the aisle intervened, and it was canceled. The fact is that here we are, with just a few months until people start voting. They are going to vote in primaries early next year. They are going to go to the polls from sea to shining sea in the fall of 2020. I will just say to my colleagues that we have something like 25 States in America that are nakedly vulnerable. These are the States that are still using hackable, paperless voting machines and States that do not have routine, post-election audits.…”